Apple Watch worn by Saudi journalist may have transmitted evidence of his death, Turkish paper reports Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have recorded his own death, a Turkish newspaper reported Saturday morning. Khashoggi turned [ More … ]
By: Bill Law* Selling missiles to the Qataris is not only good business for the Russians; it also allows them to meddle in the conflicted and splintered politics of the Gulf states. Military experts refer to [ More … ]
A persistent narrative about Saudi Arabia describes the country as in perpetual struggle between the forces of modernity and the forces of traditionalism. This paper contributes to the on-going evaluation of this paradigm and its [ More … ]
Imprisoned Saudi blogger given the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism as he enters his sixth year in Saudi prison Imprisoned Saudi writer and blogger Raif Badawi was awarded the Daniel Pearl [ More … ]
“One year ago, two young princes began to forge a friendship at a lunch meeting in the White House’s regal State Dining Room,” Washington Post started to narrate the story of the relation between Trump’s son-in-law [ More … ]
Families of 9/11 victims have called for Mohammed bin Salman to use the visit to ‘take responsibility’ for alleged Saudi role in attacks, reported MEE. The two-week long visit by Mohammed bin Salman to the [ More … ]
Formidable network of beltway players were paid for years to whitewash the blemishes and promote the Kingdom’s interests, according to the American Conservative. When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launches his tour through the [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s rulers have lots of worries, but Trump’s announcement about the holy city isn’t one of them. Saudi Arabia, the protector of Islam and home to its two holiest sites, is a good place [ More … ]
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, is in fact the buyer of Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi. He used a proxy to buy the painting, Wall Street Journal reported. A little [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced it has formed a new economic and partnership group with Saudi Arabia, separate from the Gulf Cooperation Council — a move that could undermine the council amid a [ More … ]
It’s been tried before. The results were mixed. Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), isn’t just consolidating power before his probable ascent to the throne. He’s also trying to remake Saudi society. [ More … ]
Bin Salman called Iran’s Khamenei “the new Hitler of the Middle East” in an interview with the New York Times, sharply escalating the war of words between the two rival countries. Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown [ More … ]
In first-ever interview with Saudi newspaper, Israeli Chief of Staff says Israel is in ‘complete agreement’ with Riyadh about need to thwart Iran’s regional ambitions in the Middle East Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. [ More … ]
On Friday afternoon, Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, declared in a televised speech that Saad Hariri, Lebanon’s recently resigned prime minister, is being held against his will by Saudi Arabia, which is why “we deem the resignation [ More … ]
BY: Middle East Observer Staff In 2011, everyone in the Middle East thought that the old regimes were toppled and a new system with a new spirit, more youthful, more revolutionary was replacing it. It [ More … ]
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